Chinese Importing

Buying on Alibaba Guide: Price Negotiation, Payment, & Shipping

Updated in May, 2018 with up to date information for buying from Alibaba in 2018. Alibaba is the place to go when…

If you’ve ever been trying to source products from China, you’ve almost certainly used Alibaba. Truth be told, Alibaba is the Amazon…

Updated in February 2018 with up to date information about visiting China and the Canton Fair This is part of our Visiting…

Updated in January, 2018 with up to date information for finding products in 2018. One of the hardest things for any entrepreneur…

For years I’ve been trying to get a tour of an Amazon warehouse. These are actually possible at a few of Amazon…

In 2016 I wrote a post, The Chinese Are Coming – More and More Chinese Are Selling Direct to Consumers. The post…

In part 1 of this mini-series, I discussed how to avoid scams but I also emphasized that scams are incredibly rare when importing…

One of the biggest fears new importers have is being scammed by a Supplier out of hundreds or thousands of dollars. The…

In my recent trip to China this April I attended the Canton Fair for my third time. I met with dozens of…

I am off to China on Monday for a couple of weeks for both the Canton Fair and Global Sources Summit and…